CX 619 HKG- BKK 15 passengers?
Tuesday, March 10, connecting on 619 from Hong Kong to Bangkok. Lounge makes the announcement boarding has started, it’s only a short walk to gate three. When I looked at the gate about 40 minutes prior it was a decent crowd, but when I arrived there were only a handful of people in line. As I near the gate I was approached by an agent and asked about my itinerary. She explained the passengers transiting in Hong Kong were allowed on the flight, but the passengers originating in Hong Kong were not allowed on the flight due to changes that morning in Thailand’s criteria for vetting travelers from risky areas. Something about a requirement that they be monitored for 14 days and then have a doctors health certificate issued within the last 48 hours. Result? A few passengers in business, three in economy plus, a handful in coach. I think we were out numbered by the cabin crew.
Hong Kong airport was incredibly quiet, planes parked all over the place, only a few people in the first class lounge that was open. Devastating to see. |
Situation currently quite confused with respect to Thailand entry restrictions. They allowed you as a transit passenger to board?
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Originally Posted by Kacee
(Post 32167738)
Situation currently quite confused with respect to Thailand entry restrictions. They allowed you as a transit passenger to board?
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Originally Posted by brunos
(Post 32167855)
Don't you think that the answer is obvious from the post?
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You missed the fun and games Thailand's been having re entry requirements since 6 March https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thai...l#post32166809
HKG allows airside transit even from restricted areas https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...l#post32168058 So it's just the reception you'll get when you get to BKK |
Originally Posted by percysmith
(Post 32168150)
You missed the fun and games Thailand's been having re entry requirements since 6 March https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thai...l#post32166809
HKG allows airside transit even from restricted areas https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...l#post32168058 So it's just the reception you'll get when you get to BKK |
Originally Posted by youthagainsttt
(Post 32167993)
No - as passengers are allowed to board with the requisite form and medical certificate if not transiting
from Cathay Pacific’s website: Effective 11 March 2020, passengers departing from People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong SAR & Macao SAR), Korea, Italy and Iran are required to have the following at check-in:
Exemption: Passengers transiting through above countries are exempted from the above requirements Also, to be clear, the interaction with the staff indicated they were not allowing any passengers who originated in Hong Kong to board. |
Now Visa is required for residents of Hong Kong. So many people in Hong Kong certainly can’t enter Thailand. The Visa application process will prevent many from visiting Thailand.
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Originally Posted by mastertrust
(Post 32168642)
But now the requirements have shifted again.
Originally Posted by brunos
(Post 32167855)
Don't you think that the answer is obvious from the post?
If you can't post constructively, don't. |
Originally Posted by freed0m
(Post 32168659)
Now Visa is required for residents of Hong Kong. So many people in Hong Kong certainly can’t enter Thailand. The Visa application process will prevent many from visiting Thailand.
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Originally Posted by mastertrust
(Post 32168642)
But now the requirements have shifted again. Now you have to get a health certificate confirming you’ve been monitored for 14 days prior to the flight and you show no symptoms, and then your subject to quarantine for 14 days once you arrive in Thailand.
Or are they trying to say - having done the test 48 hours before departure, the passenger can’t have been infected (can’t have recovered from COVID) for the 14 days prior? https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...1387dd66e1.png |
Originally Posted by percysmith
(Post 32168949)
I have no idea why a test done T-48 hours can cover the 14 days before that.
Or are they trying to say - having done the test 48 hours before departure, the passenger can’t have been infected (can’t have recovered from COVID) for the 14 days prior? |
Originally Posted by percysmith
(Post 32168910)
Requirement revoked for HKSAR passport holders and never applied to foreign passport holders. The only people affected are BNO holders
https://mobile.twitter.com/RichardBa...78581926543361 |
Embassy oversea normally under Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Immigration should be under Ministry of home affairs.
whose words are to believe? With visa issued by oversea embassy, immigration still has the final power to deny entry. |
Bottom line, travel departing HK to Thailand will essentially be ground to a halt. The different Ministries in Thailand aren't talking to each other, going back over a week. Add on the requirement for a negative test result which apparently can't be performed by private clinics at this time.
It would seem that if you really wanted to visit TH, the easiest solution would be to travel on a non-BNO, non-HKSAR passport and transit through Singapore/Malaysia/Vietnam, as Thailand's illogical requirements only apply for travel departing HK rather than anyone who's been here recently. |
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